Isaac Pierson Explained

Isaac Pierson
State:New Jersey
District:At-large
Term Start:March 4, 1827
Term End:March 3, 1831
Preceded:George Cassedy
Succeeded:Silas Condit
Birth Date:August 15, 1770
Birth Place:Orange, Province of New Jersey, British America
Death Place:Orange, New Jersey, U.S.
Party:Adams, Anti-Jacksonian
Parents:Matthias Pierson
Plebe Nutman
Spouse:Nancy Crane
Children:10
Alma Mater:Princeton College
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Isaac Pierson (August 15, 1770 – September 22, 1833) represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1827 to 1831.[1]

Early life

Pierson was born on August 15, 1770, in Orange in the Province of New Jersey. He was the third child of Dr. Matthias Pierson and Phebe (née Nutman) Pierson. He descends from an early colonial immigrant, Thomas Pierson, Sr. (brother of Rev. Abraham Pierson) who was one of the founders of Newark, New Jersey.

He attended private schools, and graduated from Princeton College in 1789. He studied medicine, graduated from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City, and commenced practice in Orange.

Career

He was elected assessor of Orange on April 13, 1807, and served one year, and served as sheriff of Essex County from 1807 to 1809. He was president of the Medical Society of New Jersey in 1827.[1]

Pierson was elected as an Adams candidate to the Twentieth Congress and reelected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress, serving in office from March 4, 1827, to March 3, 1831, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1830 to the Twenty-second Congress.[1]

Personal life

Pierson was married to Nancy Crane (1775–1841), the daughter of Aaron Crane. Together, they were the parents of ten children, including:[2]

He died in Orange on September 22, 1833. He was buried at the Old Burying Ground, but was reinterred in Rosedale Cemetery in Orange in 1840.[1]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: PIERSON, Isaac - Biographical Information. bioguide.congress.gov. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. May 6, 2018.
  2. Book: Whittemore. Henry. The Founders and Builders of the Oranges: Comprising a History of the Outlying District of Newark, Subsequently Known as Orange, and of the Later Internal Divisions, Viz.: South Orange, West Orange, and East Orange, 1666-1896. 1896. L. J. Hardham, printer. 102. May 6, 2018. en.
  3. Book: Ricord. Frederick William. Ricord. Sophia B.. Biographical and Genealogical History of the City of Newark and Essex County, New Jersey .... 1898. Lewis Publishing Company. May 6, 2018. en.
  4. Book: Condit. Jotham Halsey. Genealogical Record of the Condit Family: Descendants of John Cunditt, a Native of Great Britain, who Settled in Newark, N.J., 1678 to 1885. 1885. Ward & Tichenor. 378. May 6, 2018. en.
  5. Web site: Kestenbaum. Lawrence. The Political Graveyard: Condit-Treat-Birdsey family of Connecticut and New Jersey. politicalgraveyard.com. May 6, 2018. August 13, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190813004721/http://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-171.html. dead.
  6. Book: Pierson. David Lawrence. History of the Oranges to 1921: Reviewing the Rise, Development and Progress of an Influential Community. 1922. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. 705. May 6, 2018. en.
  7. Book: Yale University. Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale College: Deceased During the Academic Year .... 1921. Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company. 1375. May 6, 2018. en. Yale University.